Elvis Presley, the great rock and roll singer was born in Mississippi on the 8^th of January, 1935. Once he finished high school, he had to take odd jobs to keep the income coming in. Elvis started off his singing career singing as ‘A Hillbilly Cat’ in local setups. After this, he signed up with a local recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee. Later, in order to showcase his talent to a broader audience, in 1965 he signed a contract with RCA.

Elvis Presley was instrumental in raising rock and roll music to the high pedestal that it currently enjoys. It has been accepted and acknowledged by people across color and creed boundaries. Thus, Elvis Presley was rightly nicknamed ‘The King’ of Rock and Roll.

The charisma and handsome looks of Elvis Presley ensured that he had a large female fan following. His blatant sexual gyrations on stage, considered vulgar by some, had women swooning all over him.

Apart from being an on-stage performer, Elvis has some major on-screen exploits as well. He began his acting career with television and then went on to act in 33 movies. The critics did not hold his acting skills in high regard however most of his movies did well at the box office.

Elvis undertook a stint with the US army, which saw him travel to Germany where he met his to-be wife Priscilla Ann Wagner. After a long live-in relationship, the couple got married and had a child. A few years later however, the marriage ended in a divorce. Coping with a broken marriage and the stress of constant travel took its toll on Elvis, who breathed his last at the age of 42 in his Graceland mansion on the 16^th of August, 1977.